talk · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads | Zeynep Tufekci
TED · 6 HN recommenders · 6 recommendation months
Recommended by 6 Hacker News commenters across 6 months (2017–2026).
SignalTube analysis
Among 37 other talk videos tagged Futurism & technology and society, the mean is 2.2 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 6 distinct HN recommenders, about 2.8× that mean. Recommendations span 6 distinct months, longer than the peer average of 2.1 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
67% of its 9 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2017–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- TED
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other talk videos in Futurism & technology and society. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads | Zeynep TufekciCurrent video | 6 | 6 | 67% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Preventing the Collapse of Civilization / Jonathan Blow (Thekla, Inc)talk · DevGAMM | 14 | 12 | 70% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| How one tweet can ruin your life | Jon Ronsontalk · TED | 5 | 5 | 45% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Massive-scale online collaboration | Luis von Ahntalk · TED | 4 | 4 | 100% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook”. Its short rationale: Eye-opening talk on ad algorithms controlling access to information.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling”. Its short rationale: Very good talk on algorithmic amplification of outrage.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own safety”. Its short rationale: Interesting talk about platforms pushing recommended content.